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== Current status ==

== Current status ==

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* Targeted release: [[Releases/2.00.0<number> | Fedora 18<number> ]]

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* Targeted release: [[Releases/2.00.0 | Fedora 18 ]]

* Last updated: 18 Jul 2012(DATE)

* Last updated: 18 Jul 2012(DATE)

* Percentage of completion: 50%

* Percentage of completion: 50%

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* 1. Provides metric compatibility with Arial, Times New Roman, and Courier New fonts of Microsoft Windows platform.

* 1. Provides metric compatibility with Arial, Times New Roman, and Courier New fonts of Microsoft Windows platform.

* 2. Default fonts in Libre Office.

* 2. Default fonts in Libre Office.

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Issues:

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1. Existing License of liberation fonts is complex.

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2. Over the last couple of years we have requested RFE's to increase coverage of Liberation fonts to support more scripts.

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1. Upstream release based on croscore fonts.

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* 1. Upstream release based on croscore fonts.

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2. Package liberation-narrow-sans as a different package in Fedora. Since licensing issues still not fixed for Liberation Sans Narrow

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* 2. Package liberation-narrow-sans as a different package in Fedora. Since licensing issues still not fixed for Liberation Sans Narrow

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3. Build latest liberation fonts 2.00.0 for Rawhide

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* 3. Build latest liberation fonts 2.00.0 for Rawhide

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4. Testing and bugfixing

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* 4. Testing and bugfixing

== How To Test ==

== How To Test ==

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== Contingency Plan ==

== Contingency Plan ==

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1. Need to see first testing reports from users after packaging latest version in Fedora rawhide/18.

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* 1. Need to see first testing reports from users after packaging latest version in Fedora rawhide/18.

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2. If users reporting major problems for against improved version. We can roll back to older version of Liberation fonts. 1.07.2

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* 2. If users reporting major problems for against improved version. We can roll back to older version of Liberation fonts. 1.07.2

== Documentation ==

== Documentation ==

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